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...stifling certainties of dictatorship a mere generation ago. Under Francisco Franco's Catholic-inspired, military-enforced rule, which lasted until 1975, the Spanish family was the iconic, idealized centerpiece of society. That homogeneous model is now being supplanted by a mosaic of family types. Spanish families are ever more urban and transient, and ever less grounded in faith and marriage. In 1975, 10,895 Spanish children were born out of wedlock; by 2006, it was 137,041. "Spanish family patterns have changed beyond recognition," says María del Mar González, a professor of educational psychology...
...PBHA’s main values is community partnership,” says Lucerito L. Ortiz ’10, PBHA’s outreach officer and a former Summer Urban Program (SUP) counselor. “You can have good intentions, but without the context and history of where you’re working, you can do more harm than good...
...likely to engage in violence than third-generation Americans. This pattern continued into the second generation, which was 22% less likely to be violent. Similar trends have been seen in New York and Miami, both of which have large immigrant enclaves. "Immigrant communities are often responsible for revitalizing the urban neighborhoods that they live in," Sampson says. The irony of people's popular misconceptions, he adds, is "that the longer one is exposed to American culture, the more likely you are to participate in violence...
...success goes to show that their efforts paid off both inside and outside the classroom.THE ACADEMIC SIDE: IT IS A HARVARD PROGRAM, AFTER ALLThe conferences on both sides of the Pacific center on a given academic theme. The 2008 Harvard conference focused on “Building the Future: Urban Planning and Sustainable Development,” according to the HCAP Web site. The conference was packed with thematic events, including a lecture by Professor Charles H. Langmuir, who teaches Science B-35: “How to Build a Habitable Planet,” a trip to New York...
...Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). In some districts where the PPP appears to have won, party workers are throwing impromptu celebrations; Pakistani TV has shown people dancing in the streets and tossing confetti. And Sharif's party appears to be doing well in all urban areas, a welcome surprise for the former Prime Minister. One incumbent belonging to President Pervez Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League-Qaid (PML-Q), the winner of every election for the past 20 years, has apparently been routed by Nawaz Sharif's candidate. "I think the initial results seem...